University of Iowa student arrested for alleged TPUSA table flipping

An angry University of Iowa student was arrested after a Turning Point USA table on campus was flipped over in an incident captured on video.

As the video begins, a man identified as Justin Calhoon, 19, jumped over the table, pulled it toward him, and turned it on its side, spilling Turning Point supplies onto the sidewalk.

After knocking over the table, Calhoon looked at the camera and smiled.

“Yes!” he said.

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The criminal complaint, obtained by Fox News Digital, states that members of Turning Point offered Calhoon hot chocolate before knocking over the table.

“The incident visibly shook the group and disrupted its activities,” the complaint said. “They had to reset their tables and reported feeling exhausted and intimidated, especially since all current members were women.”

He then fled the scene but was later arrested. Turning Point announced X’s arrest just hours after the incident.

He was charged with two counts of disorderly conduct, fifth-degree criminal mischief and two counts of third-degree harassment, according to Johnson County, Iowa jail records.

At the University of Iowa, the US Turning Point picture has been turned upside down. (Don and Melinda Crawford/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

“All Iowa students are expected to abide by the Code of Student Life, which sets standards for student conduct and behavior. While the results of these investigations are considered confidential, discipline is determined by the severity of the violation,” a university spokesperson told Fox News Digital.

“The University of Iowa is fully committed to Free Speech, requiring First Amendment Education for all students each year and frequently communicating expectations for tolerance of diverse viewpoints,” the spokesperson said.

The incident was eerily reminiscent of last month’s incident at Illinois State University, when a teaching assistant flipped a Turning Point USA desk.

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Derek Lopez, 27, was fired from his position at the university after he was caught on camera destroying a Turning Point exhibit.

He was charged with disorderly conduct and destruction of property.

Derek Lopez was fired from his job as a teaching assistant at Illinois State University after turning the Turning Point USA desk on campus. (Credit: X/@FrontlinesTPUSA)

The federal government had been keeping an eye on Lopez before the table-throwing incident because of alarming posts he allegedly made on social media. He was arrested again last week for threatening President Donald Trump online, according to the FBI.

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“I’m going to kill Donald Trump, idgaf,” Lopez said in a post from the @Derek200pz account on Oct. 27, according to the FBI.

“He explained that he posted on social media how he wanted to kill Nazis. He said he felt Nazism and Fascism were on the rise,” Lopez’s arrest affidavit says. “He stated that he didn’t want to kill people, but he expressed his honest opinion that some powerful people should be killed.”

Derek Lopez was arrested after flipping a TPUSA table on the Illinois State campus. (Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images; Frontlines TPUSA)

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He also bizarrely claimed online that he killed Turning Point founder Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated while speaking at Utah Valley University on September 10.

“Cry more,” the comment read. “Hundreds of frail little children die every day in Palestine [sic] be. Charlie Kirk spoke on their behalf, not to end their suffering. This was his free speech. My free speech is this: I killed Derek S Lopez. I killed Charlie Kirk.”